Individual Christians and churches on the whole often sacrifice…

Devotion for busyness.

Faithfulness for innovation.

Movement for monuments.

Transformation for tradition.

Truth for preferences.

The Gospel for self-help.

Surrender for legalism.

Repentance for reputation.

Growth for control.

Prayer for self-reliance.

Preaching for personality.

Worship for entertainment.

Shepherds for entrepreneurs.

Christlikeness for comfort.

Disciples for crowds.

Revival for routine.

After writing this, I was reminded of another, earlier post on sacrifice that gives more context to the idea. Read it here.